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Biddybot wrote:Here's a query I'll bet you and others here can answer, one too dumb to post as a separate topic: Is it some kind of Transformer law that Transformers have to display something on their alt modes that proclaims their allegience? I'm especially thinking here of that scene in the Revenge Of The Fallen movie when our heroes run under Jetfire's Blackbird form and spot his Decepticon insignia. Surely that wasn't there the whole time, was it? because I can guarantee that a museum curator in the real world would have long ago noticed it, documented it, and been going nuts ever since trying to track down its significance and who placed it there. And since the 'secret's' long out now (in the movieverse at least)...well, there's nothing like posting a known alien insignia where people can see it to blow your cover, I should think...

No, it wasn't there. It appeared after the shard revived Jetfire. Teh Rod doesn't think it was pointed out in the movie, but it was in the novel adaptation. There's a lot more extra info in the book, makes the movie an organized chaos instead of the clusterf**k it became. You should read it.

Teh Rod just saw Dark of the Moon for the 5th time in theaters, and Ironhide's death still gets to him even though he knows it's coming a mile away.

............."We're gonna see just how much Rod they can handle!"............

People wrote:zombybunnie: N_V scares me...I no longer wish that my pants transformed Burn:Anyone notice how much of a boring party pooper N_V is? He doesn't join in the fun, he's spent the last few years with dodgy builds feeding XP to the Autobots, and he sure as heck doesn't spam. disruptor96: I forgot how insane you were.

Rodimus Prime: The ROTF novelization has a moment of actual sanity in it? Good god, I may have to track it down now—bet our library system has it. I didn’t read it and I also confess that I never went to see ROTF in the theatre…could tell early on that it was going to be one of those movies that I’d want to see numerous times and with these, I’d rather wait and put the money towards the dvd. Did the novel have anything interesting to say about those ‘hatchlings’ the Decepticons were trying to raise? Yet another movie throwaway point that had me initially scratching my head and thinking, “But I thought Optimus said that with the AllSpark gone…" Then I came to my senses, reminded myself that I was watching the Transformers version of Chariots Of The Gods crossed with every crummy fantasy quest movie ever made, and forgot about it, at least for the duration of the movie. It’s only afterwards, at moments like this, banging away on the keyboard, that all the kazillions of questions my logical subconscious was left with come flooding back.

And while that logical side of me is kinda glad to hear that Jetfire did in fact exhibit actual discretion insofar as his insignia was involved, here’s another like irk to ponder: If you went to a used car dealership and got into, say, a Honda, and saw an emblem on the steering wheel that wasn’t representative of Honda cars, wouldn’t you immediately be suspicious and wonder whether the car wasn’t perhaps riddled with knock-off parts? Sam got a pass from me because it was obvious that he was a testosterone-addled youth who only wanted a car so he could bag a chick and who probably only had three brain cells left to rub together at that point, but otherwise? Seriously? Ugh, I’ve got to get off this track…now my head’s starting to hurt. AGAIN.

Funny bit: Did you know that your monicker’s original name is #14 on the list of ‘The 30 Most Unfortunately Named Transformers’? Here’s why: ‘14/Hot Rod … All right. We were almost willing to let Hot Rod slide, because it can also be a term for a car. But then we remembered when he got the Matrix he changed his name to Rodimus Prime. Obviously, the dude just really liked rods.'

Hee! I’d ask if there was any truth to that, but don’t know you well enough yet!

And now to my fellow femmes…Starscream’s Girl: About movieverse Starscream, am I the only person who gets the sense that he has long ‘eyelashes’, just from the way his eyes are constructed and the way they ‘blink’?...Herald of Unicron: Aw, don’t hate on poor ol’ Sentinel Prime. He can’t help how much of a jackass he is, he’s just written that way! Besides, I’m sure some fan will likewise soon write a terrible, terrible redemption fic for this character which’ll explain everything. (Why do I already have the shuddery feeling that slash will be involved?)

Biddybot wrote:Rodimus Prime: The ROTF novelization has a moment of actual sanity in it? Good god, I may have to track it down now—bet our library system has it. I didn’t read it and I also confess that I never went to see ROTF in the theatre…could tell early on that it was going to be one of those movies that I’d want to see numerous times and with these, I’d rather wait and put the money towards the dvd. Did the novel have anything interesting to say about those ‘hatchlings’ the Decepticons were trying to raise? Yet another movie throwaway point that had me initially scratching my head and thinking, “But I thought Optimus said that with the AllSpark gone…" Then I came to my senses, reminded myself that I was watching the Transformers version of Chariots Of The Gods crossed with every crummy fantasy quest movie ever made, and forgot about it, at least for the duration of the movie. It’s only afterwards, at moments like this, banging away on the keyboard, that all the kazillions of questions my logical subconscious was left with come flooding back.

And while that logical side of me is kinda glad to hear that Jetfire did in fact exhibit actual discretion insofar as his insignia was involved, here’s another like irk to ponder: If you went to a used car dealership and got into, say, a Honda, and saw an emblem on the steering wheel that wasn’t representative of Honda cars, wouldn’t you immediately be suspicious and wonder whether the car wasn’t perhaps riddled with knock-off parts? Sam got a pass from me because it was obvious that he was a testosterone-addled youth who only wanted a car so he could bag a chick and who probably only had three brain cells left to rub together at that point, but otherwise? Seriously? Ugh, I’ve got to get off this track…now my head’s starting to hurt. AGAIN.

Funny bit: Did you know that your monicker’s original name is #14 on the list of ‘The 30 Most Unfortunately Named Transformers’? Here’s why: ‘14/Hot Rod … All right. We were almost willing to let Hot Rod slide, because it can also be a term for a car. But then we remembered when he got the Matrix he changed his name to Rodimus Prime. Obviously, the dude just really liked rods.'

Hee! I’d ask if there was any truth to that, but don’t know you well enough yet!

And now to my fellow femmes…Starscream’s Girl: About movieverse Starscream, am I the only person who gets the sense that he has long ‘eyelashes’, just from the way his eyes are constructed and the way they ‘blink’?...Herald of Unicron: Aw, don’t hate on poor ol’ Sentinel Prime. He can’t help how much of a jackass he is, he’s just written that way! Besides, I’m sure some fan will likewise soon write a terrible, terrible redemption fic for this character which’ll explain everything. (Why do I already have the shuddery feeling that slash will be involved?)

People wrote:zombybunnie: N_V scares me...I no longer wish that my pants transformed Burn:Anyone notice how much of a boring party pooper N_V is? He doesn't join in the fun, he's spent the last few years with dodgy builds feeding XP to the Autobots, and he sure as heck doesn't spam. disruptor96: I forgot how insane you were.

Biddybot wrote:Rodimus Prime: The ROTF novelization has a moment of actual sanity in it? Good god, I may have to track it down now—bet our library system has it. I didn’t read it and I also confess that I never went to see ROTF in the theatre…could tell early on that it was going to be one of those movies that I’d want to see numerous times and with these, I’d rather wait and put the money towards the dvd. Did the novel have anything interesting to say about those ‘hatchlings’ the Decepticons were trying to raise? Yet another movie throwaway point that had me initially scratching my head and thinking, “But I thought Optimus said that with the AllSpark gone…" Then I came to my senses, reminded myself that I was watching the Transformers version of Chariots Of The Gods crossed with every crummy fantasy quest movie ever made, and forgot about it, at least for the duration of the movie. It’s only afterwards, at moments like this, banging away on the keyboard, that all the kazillions of questions my logical subconscious was left with come flooding back.

Teh Rod can't really remember much mention of the hatchlings, which means they weren't a big deal in the book either. Basically, they were a pointless addition.

And while that logical side of me is kinda glad to hear that Jetfire did in fact exhibit actual discretion insofar as his insignia was involved, here’s another like irk to ponder: If you went to a used car dealership and got into, say, a Honda, and saw an emblem on the steering wheel that wasn’t representative of Honda cars, wouldn’t you immediately be suspicious and wonder whether the car wasn’t perhaps riddled with knock-off parts? Sam got a pass from me because it was obvious that he was a testosterone-addled youth who only wanted a car so he could bag a chick and who probably only had three brain cells left to rub together at that point, but otherwise? Seriously? Ugh, I’ve got to get off this track…now my head’s starting to hurt. AGAIN.

Technically the Autobot symbol was not a symbol of any other car company or make, so if we were to try putting any logic to this, we could just say what you already said and that he was so intent on getting a car (which ended up being the only ready-to-be-driven) right then and there and he didn't have much choice.

Funny bit: Did you know that your monicker’s original name is #14 on the list of ‘The 30 Most Unfortunately Named Transformers’? Here’s why: ‘14/Hot Rod … All right. We were almost willing to let Hot Rod slide, because it can also be a term for a car. But then we remembered when he got the Matrix he changed his name to Rodimus Prime. Obviously, the dude just really liked rods.'

The name doesn't mean he likes rods, it means he has a lot of rod to go around...

Hee! I’d ask if there was any truth to that, but don’t know you well enough yet!

Your interpretation? No. Teh Rod's interpretation...?

Any yeah, funny sig.

............."We're gonna see just how much Rod they can handle!"............

In fact, female TF fans are NOT as "nearly extinct" as female Transformers. Yep, there's MANY of us out there everywhere - at TF forums and Deviantart, too!

So no, I don't feel lonely at all as a female TF fan.

There is a big active LJ community. Most fans are female over there (depending which community you do join since there are several big ones). I also have more friends who are into TF right now that are female, then male. (And oddly enough, TMNT as well.)

Motto:"I want to be remembered when I'm dead. I want books written about me. I want songs sung about me. And then hundreds of years from now I want episodes of my life to be played out weekly at half past nine by some great heroic actor of the age."

Weapon: Twin Sonic Cannons

I STILL FUNCTION!!! >:D

Hi everyone!!

I have a grown up job now :3 (basically I get paid a decent wage, finally!!)

How is everyone here?

*hugs EVERYONE (even Burn)*

Also did I link my Botcon photos here yet?

Did I hear people venturing over to LJ? This is where I pretty much live on the internet anyways and there's plenty of us lady TF fans (in fact, over there; I think we outnumber the guys lol).

Anyways I also joined twitter (boredom makes you do wild things :p) PM me if you wish to follow me, I'm sure I'll be inundated

People wrote:zombybunnie: N_V scares me...I no longer wish that my pants transformed Burn:Anyone notice how much of a boring party pooper N_V is? He doesn't join in the fun, he's spent the last few years with dodgy builds feeding XP to the Autobots, and he sure as heck doesn't spam. disruptor96: I forgot how insane you were.

Motto:"I want to be remembered when I'm dead. I want books written about me. I want songs sung about me. And then hundreds of years from now I want episodes of my life to be played out weekly at half past nine by some great heroic actor of the age."

People wrote:zombybunnie: N_V scares me...I no longer wish that my pants transformed Burn:Anyone notice how much of a boring party pooper N_V is? He doesn't join in the fun, he's spent the last few years with dodgy builds feeding XP to the Autobots, and he sure as heck doesn't spam. disruptor96: I forgot how insane you were.

Motto:"I want to be remembered when I'm dead. I want books written about me. I want songs sung about me. And then hundreds of years from now I want episodes of my life to be played out weekly at half past nine by some great heroic actor of the age."

*hugs* you keep hanging in there!! *gives leg support* How's the job front? I see you on fb occasionally, but I barely do much more than check other peoples' status updates there now. I'm hoping to be more frequent here now :3

Even though it'll mostly be me babbling nonsensically about random TF and nothingness lol. It's amazing I'm given a position of responsibility in rl ^_^